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This, the first full-length study of the recently rediscovered poet of the First World War, John Allan Wyeth, contains several in-depth studies of the poetry as well as a wealth of new biographical material. Essays include:~~ John Allan Wyeth: Lost Poet of the Lost Generation.~~ Artistry & Authenticity in the War Sonnets of John Allan Wyeth.~~ A Yank at the Battle of Amiens: The Chipilly Ridge Sonnets of John Allan Wyeth.~~ Wyeth on Horseback~~ John Allan Wyeth and the British War Poets: A Preliminary Comparison.~~ Poet, Painter Spy: Did John Allan Wyeth report on Nazi Activities for British Intelligence during the 1930s?~~ Notes on the Friendship of John Allan Wyeth and Edmund Wilson.~~ Notes on Wyeth's Years in Rapallo.~~ The Rediscovery of a Forgotten War Poet: A Personal Account.

NEW copy. Historical facsimile edition of the original 1919 edition by The Lafayette Publishing Company, Paris. Maps, illustrations, 24 pages. ~~~ " . . . touring the battle sites atChateau Thierry, Vaux, Belleau Woods, Bouresches, La Voie du Chatel, La Loge Farm, Coupru, Bezu-le-Guery, along the Marne, Soissons, Berzy-le-Sec, Vierzy, Chavigny Ferme, Longpont, Juvigny, along the River Ourcq, Chateau de Fere & Fismes." ~~~ "This little book is designed as a friendly guide to accompany the American pilgrim on his journey among those landmarks in American history which the young troops from across the Atlantic left on the historic acres that lie between the Marne and the Vesle. ~~~ There is good reason to believe that Chateau-Thierry will always be the great American shrine in France --- not the old Marne city alone or chiefly, but rather the battlefield of which it became the tip when American machine0gunners met the Germans in its streets on the last day of May, 1918. ~~~ There are greater sights to… Read More

Very Good +. Hardcover, clean, tight, no chips or edgewear, slight toning to spine. A very nice copy in collectible condition. No dust jacket. ~~~ First Edition, Third Printing (Feb 1933). ~~~ Praised by Grahme Greene, Christopher Morley and Ernest Hemingway as one of the most significant novels of the First World War. ~~~ Innovative in form, it is told through the eyes of 113 different participants, all US Marines. Notable for its irony and bitter realism. ~~~ William March was an enlisted Marine serving with the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 4th Brigade of Marines, 2d Division, A.E.F. Despite being seriously wounded in the shoulder and head at Belleau Wood, he recovered and returned to active duty, serving out the rest of the war. He was twice promoted. At Blanc Mont he was wounded a second time while carrying in wounded under fire. For this he was awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm and Distinguished Service Cross.

Uncommonly tight, clean copy, with virtually no edgewear. Gift inscription in elegant hand (dated 1920) on front flyleaf. No dust jacket. Illustrated. Scarce title in collectable condition. Included is one letter from Belleau Wood by Capt George Hamilton, (DSC) 49th Co, 5th Marines. Most Marines identified by unit.

Very Good-- / Acceptable. Very slight creasing & tiny ding to first three pages. Jacket (in mylar protector) has considerable edgewear and an inch-long tear to front panel. ~~~First Edition. Photographs, maps, glossary, extensive notes, appendices, bibliography, index, 463 pages. ~~~The first history of the U.S. Marines in World War I to cover the entire war, using a wealth of little-known, previously unpublished primary sources. An indispensible history. ~~~ Fine, hardcover copies of this book generally priced at $45-$55 and higher. This copy offered at reduced price due to condition.

Fine/Fine. Hardcover with dust jacket in new condition. Photographs, appendices, extensive notes, bibliography, index, 189 pages.

NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Photographic plates, a 27-page section of maps, page-end notes throughout, bibliography, an 11-page double-column bibliography, index, 615 pages.

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. ~~~ Index of poets and first lines. 171 pages. ~~~ The First World War produced some of the most haunting and memorable poetry of our age. In this compelling anthology, the Poet Laureate Andrew Motion guides us through both the horror and the pity of that conflict, from the trenches of the Western Front to reflections from our own age. With a generous selection of our best-loved war poets, First World War Poems also returns lesser known pieces to the light. This mesmerizing book reminds us how the poetry of that time has, more than any art form, come to stand testament to the grief and outrage occasioned by World War I.

NEW copy, hardcover in dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Photographs, maps, list of military personnel. Jackson served with 95th Company, 1st Battalion, Sixth Marines, 4th Brigade of Marines, 2d Division (Regular), A.E.F from June 1917 until the end of the war and the German Occupation.

Reprint edition of "A History of the 20th Company, Fifth Marines," besides containing all the original material of the rare 1919 edition, includes additional map, field messages and operation reports not found in the original, as well as new section introductions and footnotes by military historian BJ Omanson. ~~~ As part of the 4th Brigade of Marines (2d Division, AEF), the 20th Company saw action at Belleau Wood, Soissons, St. Mihiel, Blanc Mont and the Argonne, and served also with the Army of Occupation on the Rhine after the Armistice.

NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket. (Grub Street, 2002). Illustrations, appendices, bibliography, index, 217 pages. ~~~ In late 1916 and early 1917 the Royal Naval Air Service bombed Imperial Germany and whilst the attacks were not greatly successful they proved that targets could be reached inside the enemy. And when the Germans in turn started to bomb London in 1917, public opinion began to call for revenge attacks and plans were put in place. The Army and Navy for their part, wanted a resumption of attacks on Germany's war industries. ~~~~ General Smuts, a member of the War Cabinet, prepared a report whose main thrust was that a separate Air Ministry and Air Force should be set up, independent of the Army and Navy and that a strategic bomber force should be formed within this force, whose sole purpose was to attack Germany. Parliament approved in November 1917 and eventually the RAF was born in April 1918, and on 6 June the Independent Force was officially formed. ~~~~~~ Never before has a… Read More

NEW copy. Hardcover. Facsimile reprint of original postwar edition. Profusely illustrated, combat reports, roster, casualties, victory credits, 92 pages.

NEW copy. Hardcover with dust jacket. Fine/Fine. Photographs, extensive notes, bibliography, index, 410 pages. "An eloquent retelling of one of the First World War's most mismanaged battles."

NEW copy. (Monongahela Books, 2017). Facsimile edition of original edition published in July, 1919 at the 78th Company Headquarters in Neuweid, Germany. ~~~~~ In addition to the actual history of the company (8 pages), there are several photographs, an Honor Roll of the Dead, a list of "Decorations Won by Men of 78th Company" including Croix de Guerres, Citations for Gallantry in Action, Distinguished Service Crosses (16) and Medals of Honor (John Kelly & John Pruitt), and a complete company roster of officers and enlisted, showing the home addresses of the men as well as their names. Ranks, however, are NOT shown, and enlisted & officers are not separated. ~~~~Original copies of this history are virtually non-existent.

NF/NF. Hardcover with dust jacket in 'as new' condition. Jacket in mylar protector. Illustrated, descriptive bibliography, index, 206 pages. ~~~ "Weintraub's poignant account of the day one of the worst of wars took a holiday sounds like the stuff of fiction, but it was the sort of event that fiction can only imitate. No wonder that his book reads like a novel, a true story that has the power to haunt." --Robert Cowley, founding editor of Military History Quarterly.

NEW copy, hardcover with dust jacket, Fine/Fine. Profusely illustrated, appendices, rosters, glossary, bibliography, index, 160 pages. ~~~ GC12 counted amongst its fighter pilots most of the major French aces of the war: Guynemer, Fonck, Heurtaux, Deullin, de Sevin, Bozon-Verdurez and many more. It also had several American Lafayette volunteers amongst its ranks, notably Frank Baylies, Edwin Parsons, Bert Hall and Charles Biddle.

NEW copy. (Monongahela Books, 2017). Three scarce booklets, published between 1918 and 1923, about the Battle of Belleau Wood, and the creation of the American Aisne-Marne Cemetery. Includes map and numerous period photographs. Printed on heavier 80# paper for higher photo quality. 94 pages.
~~~~~ When the Tide Turned: The American Attack at Chateau Thierry And Belleau Wood in the first week of June, 1918 by Otto H. Kahn,~~~~~ Bois-Belleau, Chateau Thierry: Remembrance from France 24 Cartes Détachables by Marcel Delboy of Bordeaux~~~~~ and Belleau Wood and the American Army: The 2nd & 26th Divisions (June & July 1918) by Captain R. Andriot of the French Army.
Also included are seven photographs by Erhard & Chiljian of the Aisne-Marne Cemetery at Belleau Wood from the early 1920s.

VG/VG. Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. Book without chips or tears to cover. Jacket has minor chipping to head of spine (see photo), now in mylar protector. Originally published by George H. Doran Company in 1921. This Modern Library edition published in 1932 with a new introduction by the author. ~~~From the dust jacket: "Three Soldiers . . . reveals the cant and manufactured romanticism of war. Thrjough the experiences of three men of the ranks, humanity's most ghastly venture in mutual destruction stands condemned as criminal and futile. Three Soldiers introduced a writer who has sine beome a major figure among American novelists. Upon this first book his reputation rests securely."

VG/VG. Original "$8.95" price still intact on dust jacket. (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978). One of the Lost American Fiction series edited by Matthew J. Bruccolli. Reprinted from the original Scribners 1923 edition. Unique to this edition: an Afterward by James Dickey. 278 pages. ~~~~~ Through the Wheat was recommended to Scribners by F. Scott Fitzgerald and received highly favorable notice on its appearance from Edmund Wilson, among others. Boyd served with B Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines at Belleau Wood, Soissons, St Mihiel and Blanc Mont, where he was seriously gassed. After the war he worked as a journalist and writer, publishing nine books of fiction and history. He died at 37 of a cerebral hemorrhage. ~~~~~ EXCERPT: "For a distance of two miles, from the ravine to the village where the supply wagons were stationed, men lay dead and dying. In the woods and particularly in the gulley that ran through the woods to the village, the thick yellow gas clung to the… Read More

NEW copy, paperback. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Illustrations, Night after night through heavy shellfire, Alpheus Appenheimer, a private with the 6th Machine Gun Battalion, 4th Brigade of Marines, hauled ammunition to front-line positions of his company with a 4-line mule-team and wagon during the fiercest fighting at Belleau Wood. ~~~ For years after the war, Alpheus hoped to return to Belleau Wood with his wife, America, to show her where he had served during those desperate days and nights in June, 1918, when a single brigade of Marines stood against the German drive on Paris. But the realities of raising a family on a small Illinois farm during the agricultural depression of the 1920s made a trip to France all but impossible, and it was not until seventy-five years after the war that the first member of Alpheus's family was able to make the pilgrimage to Belleau Wood for him.